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BROWN KNITTED RIGHT GLOVE

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Overview

Brown knitted woollen right hand glove. The glove was knitted using brown wool flecked with green. The underside is distinct from the top side by a pattern of horizontal stitches on the underside of the fingers, possibly done to prevent the glove prohibiting the wearer from playing an instrument. There are several holes in the glove, although two on the wrist (on the top side) and a hole in the thumb have been repaired with orange thread or wool.

Historical information

This glove is one of a pair knitted by Beryl Tyler for Bert Tyler, who wore them while performing with his band, Young Once in winter.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2018.49B

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Dye

Wool

Width

170 mm

Height or length

280 mm

Keywords

TYLER Bert Mr

Statement of significance

Herbert 'Bert' Tyler was an active member of the City of Armadale community from 1976 through to his death in 2017. Bert, Beryl and their children moved to Kelmscott in 1976 onto a block of land big enough for Bert to build a shed where he could indulge his passion for restoring machinery. It was around this time Bert joined the Machinery Preservation Club of Western Australia, an organisation that he would eventually become a life member off.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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